Homeward Bound

As we came into Ogden, UT we went for fuel at
Costco and then spent an enjoyable evening under a cottonwood tree at the RV park. Labor Day we left the campground and continued our trek down I-15. We had a low traffic day through Salt Lake and Provo. Our ride was uneventful through central Utah. We decided to stop in Leeds, UT just before St. George. There was a small, quiet campground and we again sat under a shade tree. The hot weather in Leeds (100+) got us acclimate for home.



Bill enjoyed BBQing!

We got up early and headed on south. We stopped in Las Vegas to have breakfast with our friend, Ray Hurd. Beckie had left early for work in the Firebaugh/Fowler area of central California. After an enjoyable breakfast we left hoping traffic out of Vegas would be less than on Labor Day. There was some traffic both leaving and coming into Vegas, but it was moving nicely. When we got to Riverside we hit the going home, commuter traffic.
It is good to be home, now we are going to get the accumulated mail and clean out the motorhome. Kea is also happy to be home and find his bed and run a bit!
Marilyn
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Trekking Towards Home

Leaving the Lewis and Clark Campground in Shelby, MT we went down an exit to the only restaurant in town that serves breakfast and it was slower than turtle speed. We followed Leigh and Herb to Great Falls where they went east and we continued south. A stop in Helena for gas and food and we headed for the road and a day of wind, high passes over the Continental Divide and thunderstorm rain from Helena past Butte. We found a very nice RV park in Dillon,MT. They were having the county fair with lots of activity at the fairgrounds! Dillon was named after a railroad president that helped get rail transportation into this corridor.

The wifi was good at the park so we read our messages. Leigh called to tell us they were home and they did not have rain or wind, but lots of construction.


Sunset from campsite in Dillon,MT

This morning we left Dillon and continued going south through Montana, Idaho and landed for the night in Ogden, UT where we are sitting under a big shade tree. The temperature has risen into the 90's today.


Marilyn
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Edmonton, AB plus Shelby, MT

We spent our day in Edmonton, of course, by going to West Edmonton Mall. It is the largest mall in the world. The boys dropped us off so they could AGAIN go and wash that little brown Honda. Marilyn and Leigh first just wandered around not believing how large of a place this really is. The mall includes two 18 hole golf courses, a water park, an underground aquarium, small amusement park, 800 stores and every restaurant you can imagine. We were especially intrigued by the ice skate arena. We watched Seniors skate for fun for their daily exercise. Many of them were excellent skaters in their day. We also observed a young child getting her lesson on the ice - assuming that she will probably be one of Canada's Olympic hopefuls someday. We went to Tim Horton's. Our Canadian friends all said that we couldn't leave without trying it. We have been there - done that.


We spent the rest of the day at the RV park getting ready for our trek back across the border.
Friday a.m. was an early start thinking we we heading for Lethbridge, Alberta to spend the night. Not thinking it being Labor Day week-end, we could not find any RV park that wasn't already full! We knew then that we had to head to the border crossing and get into Montana. We found a spot at the Lewis and Clark RV park in Shelby. By now we have driven our biggest mileage of the trip - almost 500 miles in one day. We traveled through smoke from forest fires most of the time.
It is now Saturday morning and we are getting prepared to have our last breakfast together before we all separate and go our individual ways. This turned out to take much longer than any of us imagined.
It is with heavy hearts that we leave this adventure. Since leaving Wenatchee together we have traveled 5590 miles. We have had so many laughs, new stories to tell, and best of all the wonderful memories that we will always cherish!



Leigh - Marilyn
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